Abfabulies

kcw summer 2013: day one

I haven’t known Kids Clothes Week that long, and I let previous versions pass by without participating. But a summer edition right in the middle of my holidays, I couldn’t resist that one. I hope I’ll be able to finish multiple projects, but I’ll be just as glad if I can finish just the one. Project 1: The Star-Star onesie...

Finished!

It’s been a while since I started this blanket, and it went in ups and downs, but now it’s finished: my Weekend in Stockholm throw. And I like it. Future heirloom. I lost count of the amount of series I saw while working on this. A lot. Conclusion: crocheting blankets are the best couch potato excuse. Time to start a...

E-reader cover

For my birthday, I got an e-reader from my hubby. So I added to my sewing list: Make an e-reader cover. But that list is pretty long. And I hadn’t gotten round to it yet. In the meantime, I used the little insulation thingy it came in. I thought that would be enough for now. It wasn’t. A couple of...

Baby bibs

Some time ago I saw Emma & Mona write about these baby bibs. Exactly what I needed. When you have a baby, you learn all kinds of stuff you would never have guessed about babies. The amount of drewling, for instance. “Teething” is what everyone then says. Sure… All I know is that I just need to pour some soap...

This is flocking awesome

I still have some Hema onesies left that need to be pimped. But there are 4 less now. We have Sherlock. A wolf howling at the moon. Mario and Luigi. And the toughest one of them all – Mr. T! I pity the fool! And oh yeah, there’s a song that goes with it.

Sewing machine pains

I don’t remember what year it was exactly. I think it must have been 2007. That’s when I bought my first decent (read: not one I bought from Aldi) sewing machine. I had been taking sewing classes for about a year then, and I knew I wasn’t going to give up sewing at all. So I thought I’d make a...

Bucket hats

She’d been hiding for a while, but now at least we know she’s still there: the sun. And whenever there’s sun, some protection is needed, especially for the smallest among us. The one we still had here at home was one from last year. And while it was too big at that time, it’s getting too small now. Time for...

Geek alert!

As a child, I was ever so slightly (hahaha, ever so slightly, she says!) addicted to my Gameboy. I told you about that before. What I didn’t say back then, is that my addiction wasn’t limited to that Gameboy. Hypothetically, for instance, it might just have happened that I told my friends while out and about that I really had...

Baby stamping

Another baby, another stamp. And this time I had planned it better. To make it look more complete, hubby found a piece of wood to attach to its back. But alas, no glue in the house. So we used TEC7 instead. See, it does pay to live on a semi building site. That piece of wood isn’t going anywhere, ever!...

Winter is coming

The new season of Game of Thrones begins on 31 March, woot! Winter is coming… Although when I look out of the window, it’s as if it’s never been gone… I can’t wait to start watching, though. Anyone else a big fan?